Jakarta, Nov. 12 -- Minister of Village and Development of Disadvantaged Regions Yandri Susanto noted that the Red and White Village Cooperatives are one of the solutions to address the dominance of modern retail in villages.

"As a national strategic program, I think it is one of the keys for us to ensure that economic services are not dominated only by certain parties," he said in a meeting with the House of Representatives (DPR) here on Wednesday.

This was conveyed by the minister in response to a question from Commission V of the DPR regarding efforts to address the dominance of modern retailers, which threaten micro, small, and medium enterprises (MSMEs) run by village communities.

He said the village cooperatives could become a ce...